On Sept. 5, Michael Huff was playing for the Ravens against the Broncos in Denver. On Oct. 30, he was out of a job. By Nov. 20, he was playing for the very team he opened the season opposing. Huff signed with the Broncos after they placed Rahim Moore on injured reserve designated to return following his Nov. 18 surgery to relieve compartment syndrome in his left leg. The Broncos desperately needed depth in their secondary and Huff, a veteran safety in his eighth NFL season, was an ideal fit. He was inactive in his first game with the Broncos, last Sunday on the road against the Patriots, so he has yet to line up on game day in orange and blue. But as soon as he gets a better grasp of the playbook, he will be ready to fill the vacuum Moore’s absence created at safety. Before he does, take a moment to get to know Huff.

Q: Apart from football, how do you spend your time?

A: I guess, for me, my hobby right now is spending time with my daughter. She’s 15 months old. She’s a baby. When I’m not playing football, she’s kind of all I think about, all I play with right now.

Q: What’s her name?

A: Madeline Rae Huff. We call her Maddie.

Q: And it’s just you, your wife and her?

A: Yeah, just us three.

Q: Are they here yet?

A: Not yet. They’ll be here before our next home game, by that time.

Q: How difficult has it been to orchestrate the move from Baltimore to Denver, on top of all the time you have to spend on football?

A: I think that’s the main thing. You’ve got to get them situated. I think if it was just me, I could have just packed up and left. I would have been fine. But now it’s packing up and getting them situated, getting them comfortable, finding them a place out here. It’s a good area for her, so I’ve got to think about more than myself. That can be the difficult part, thinking about them and not just myself.

Q: Had you spent much time in Denver before you came for your tryout?

A: Never. They called me that Monday night, flew me out. I worked out Tuesday. I had one little suitcase, and they signed me that Tuesday (Nov. 19). I haven’t been home since. I’m living out of this little suitcase. I have a couple pairs of sweats, a couple of T-shirts, and that’s about it. I’m still in a hotel, still trying to find a place for them. So I’m going through all that while still learning the playbook, still trying to learn teammates. It’s definitely a transition, but I’m happy to be employed again. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Q: How hard is it to learn the playbook?

A: It’s a whole different world, especially the terminology. There’s the same defenses, but it’s just different terminology, different checks and still learning your new teammates. I’m kind of learning on the fly, during the season. During training camp, you have months and months and months to learn the defense, to take it step by step, but now I’m kind of learning (by) trial (and) error.

Q: So with all that memorizing to do, have you had an opportunity to explore Denver?

A: When I’m not here (at Broncos headquarters), I’m in the playbook. Once I get the playbook down, hopefully one of these Tuesdays (the players’ day off each week) I’ll go watch a movie by myself or something. Other than that, it’s all playbook.

About Michael Huff

2002-05: After lettering in football and track at Nimitz High School in Irving, Texas, Huff attended the University of Texas. He played football and ran track for the Longhorns, and as a senior, he was a unanimous All-American and won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s top defensive back.

2006: Selected by the Oakland Raiders as the seventh pick in the NFL draft.

2006-12: Played the first seven seasons of his NFL career with Oakland. His best season came in 2010, when he made 94 tackles and three interceptions.

2013: After being cut by the Raiders, he signed a three-year contract with the defend- ing Super Bowl champion Ravens during the offseason but was released at the end of October. He signed with the Broncos three weeks later.

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